• 353rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 4 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 145 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gān (Gan1)surname Gan
2. gān (gan1)dry • clean • in vain • dried food • foster • adoptive • to ignore
3. gān (gan1)to concern • to interfere • shield • stem
4. gàn (gan4)tree trunk • main part of sth • to manage • to work • to do • capable • cadre • to kill (slang) • to fuck (vulgar)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gān (gan1)The component is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for gān (gan1)The component is pronounced as 'gàn' (gan4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for gàn (gan4)The component is pronounced as 'gān' (gan1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for gàn (gan4)The component is pronounced as 'gàn' (gan4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

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干净 (乾淨)
干嘛 (幹嘛)
干活 (幹活)
干什么 (幹甚麼)

Medium Frequency

干妈 (乾媽)
干杯 (乾杯)
干果 (乾果)
干枯 (乾枯)
干洗 (乾洗)
干涸 (乾涸)
干涩 (乾澀)
干燥 (乾燥)
干爹 (乾爹)
干爽 (乾爽)
干瞪眼 (乾瞪眼)
干粮 (乾糧)
干脆 (乾脆)
口干舌燥 (口乾舌燥)
吹干 (吹乾)
实干 (實幹)
干扰 (干擾)
干涉 
干预 (干預)
干事 (幹事)
干劲 (幹勁)
干啥 (幹啥)
干吗 (幹嗎)
干掉 (幹掉)
干练 (幹練)
干警 (幹警)
干部 (幹部)
擦干 (擦乾)
晾干 (晾乾)
晒干 (曬乾)
流干 (流乾)
烘干 (烘乾)
热干面 (熱乾面)
牛肉干 (牛肉乾)
相干 
能干 (能幹)
若干 
苦干 (苦幹)
葡萄干 (葡萄乾)
风干 (風乾)
饼干 (餅乾)
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  • 219th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 81 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huó (huo2)to live • alive • living • work • workmanship

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

 
活动 (活動)
生活 

Medium Frequency

干活 (幹活)
复活 (復活)
忙活 
活佛 
活力 
活活 
活泼 (活潑)
活该 (活該)
活跃 (活躍)
激活 
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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